taketh

«taketh» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: takes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

takes

part of speech

verb, old form of «takes» (he, she, it)

meaning for a pupil

«taketh» means «takes», a form of «take»: To take is to get hold of something and move it or have it. tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he taketh» = «he takes».

examples

• Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. (Torah DEU.27.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. (Torah DEU.24.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «take», a verb of EWT); corpora 11 (Torah 11, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.2 (Torah alone 25.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
• Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person.
• That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
• He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent.
• O consider and see that the LORD is good; happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «taketh» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.